Gaming

Arts & Culture

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Special Report

Gaming can be a machine for empathy

By letting players experience racism and decide how to react, games can create an emotional connection that sparks genuine change

Arts & Culture

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Special Report

Games don't build communities – communities build games

From creators and designers to researchers and players, gaming communities prove that the real value of games lies in the worlds these communities build together

Politics & Society

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Special Report

Video games are building worlds beyond the laws of physics

Visionary architectural designs often remain unbuilt – but video games can transform these impossible structures into immersive, explorable spaces

Politics & Society

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Special Report

Video games combine every kind of storytelling – and invent new ones

Video games blend film, literature and theatre with something no other medium has – interactivity that makes you part of the story

Arts & Culture

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Special Report

All the world’s a game (and we are all players)

From classrooms to communities, social movements to storytelling, games aren’t diversions – they are blueprints for how we create, connect and change our world

Education

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Special Report

How gaming is finding its place in education

From cooperative space adventures teaching neurodivergent teens collaboration to VR taking biology students inside the human body, educators are harnessing the power of play

Arts & Culture

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Special Report

Pikachu on the 96 tram means one thing – gaming has taken over Melbourne

Melbourne International Games Week and PAX Aus are more than just trade expos – they are anchor points in the cultural calendar of Melbourne’s gaming communities

Arts & Culture

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Special Report

How the far right weaponised gamers and geek masculinity

Gaming culture didn't accidentally become male – it was deliberately marketed that way, creating the blueprint for online harassment that helped build the online far right

Education

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Research

How a gaming program is giving neurodivergent kids a power up

Neurodivergent kids all over the world are set to build friendships, confidence and belonging through a collaborative gaming program

Sciences & Technology

Q&A: How women and girls are changing gaming

Women and girls now make up almost half of gamers worldwide – isn't it time encourage more girls into careers in the gaming industry?